“I hope this book shows that no matter what struggles you may face, anything is possible. I am living proof of that.” — Tim Mettey Copy Share Image
“No matter how many books I write, I will eventually get to fiction. That is where I'm going.” — Neil Young Copy Share Image
I suffer from the disease of writing books and being ashamed of them when they are finished. — Baron de Montesquieu Copy Share Image
“Literature is the question without the answer. Philosophy is the answer without the question.” — Chloe Thurlow Copy Share Image
Art forms render ideas accessible to readers who could not receive those insights in any other format. — Sara Maitland Copy Share Image
I cringe when critics say I'm a master of the popular novel. What's an unpopular novel? — Irwin Shaw Copy Share Image
Writers don't write writing, they write reading. When I was a kid, I read four or five books a week. And that… — Avi Copy Share Image
Digital doesn't interest me. It's too many steps removed from the actual tactile thing. I still read books. I don't read online. — Jessica Lange Copy Share Image
“Dwarfs are very attached to gold. Any highwayman demanding 'Your money or your life' had better bring a folding chair and packed… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
I might think that equality has been achieved, there is no power relation going on in terms of class, race, or gender,… — Lidia Yuknavitch Copy Share Image
“Books had shown me, however, that all people everywhere wanted their lives to have purpose and meaning. This longing was universal. Even… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
You need to learn to write on demand, and to get critiqued without flinching. When someone can rip your work to shreds… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
“Because what you are, as a teenager, is a small, silver, empty rocket. And you use loud music as fuel, and then… — caitlin moran Copy Share Image
“I want to write. I've already told my mother: That's what I want to do-write. No answer the first time. Then she… — Marguerite Duras Copy Share Image
“When history seems to offer no sanctuary for values (when history is assailed by wars and inhuman or immoral public actions), literature… — Beatriz Sarlo Copy Share Image
We have too much respect for our father to make a Bush Beer or write books or do anything that's self-serving. I… — Neil Bush Copy Share Image
I have a very short attention span, so sitting down with a book is very difficult for me. — Tomi Lahren Copy Share Image
“One of the inconveniences of stealing books—especially for a novice like myself—is that sometimes you have to take what you can get.” — Roberto Bolaño Copy Share Image
Reader: Dear Mr. Snicket, What is the best way to keep a secret? Lemony Snicket : Tell it to everyone you know,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The best book, like the best speech, will do it all - make us laugh, think, cry and cheer - preferably in… — Madeleine Albright Copy Share Image
The IPCC doesn't do any research itself. We only develop our assessments on the basis of peer-reviewed literature. — Rajendra K. Pachauri Copy Share Image
“A good book should leave you... slightly exhausted at the end. You live several lives while reading it. Reading is borrowing!” — William Styron Copy Share Image
One of the things my success as an author has forced me to face is how dysfunctional... Maybe that's a strong word,… — Michel Faber Copy Share Image
“What if all works of fiction were alternative realities and Authors glimpsed from them” — Justyn Simon Copy Share Image
“If the lycée teachers studying this book in their class are now beginning to get nervous, they can advise the students to… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
The whole book experience was a look into another world, the world of Gore Vidal and Norman Mailer. — Jerry Kramer Copy Share Image
All I do is read books, really. I worry about that sometimes. I don't seem to have a hobby or anything. — Tom Paulin Copy Share Image
Admiration from my readers inspire me, and the only 'formula' I believe in towards making a good writer is: 'to thine own… — Ashwin Sanghi Copy Share Image
In Chinese love stories the one who loves always starts by borrowing a book from the beloved. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
My ultimate goal is to drive people back to the books, when I think of an adaptation. — Lev Grossman Copy Share Image
“Let us spend our leisure with our books, which will take our minds off these troubles, and will teach us to despise… — Poggio Bracciolini Stephen Greenblatt Copy Share Image
“Let the music of words and the literature of notes harmonize within you, for in this symphony of expression, we discover the… — Ramona I Copy Share Image
“Oh, woe to the woman who sticks her nose in a book and forgets that real life is not always destined for… — Dorothy Cannell Copy Share Image
I am the person who is appropriating stories that are not mine and turning them into a book. — Ann Patchett Copy Share Image
“Books are the essence of life. And there is nothing like a good story to pass the time.” — Victoria Hislop Copy Share Image
The things that are really important to me are my man, my animals and my books. I don't need anything else. — Mary Crosby Copy Share Image
skulduggery pleasant is the best book I've ever read and has enspired myself to become an author. — Derek Landy Copy Share Image
For me, the main inspiration to write a story or novel is the voice of its central character, or the narrative voice… — Scott Bradfield Copy Share Image
Terrorists have goals beyond their supposed pacts with God. They are authors, too. — Karan Mahajan Copy Share Image
The standard publishing contract is replete with clauses that strip authors of control over their books. — Thomas Hauser Copy Share Image
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